Apr 24 2011 dcfc english Worship [The Master & The Disciple] Luke 24: 28-36
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CHURCH, GROWTH OFChurch GrowthDate: 3/1998.1122 Our Lord seemed to be very much concerned with numbers. The fish in the miraculous catch were counted. The leftovers after the feeding of the five thousand were counted. And the five thousand themselves were counted! Converts at Pentecost were counted. And in the parable of the lost sheep, the shepherd would never have known that one of his flock of one hundred was lost, unless he had counted them! -- Robert C. Shannon, 1000 Windows, (Cincinnati, Ohio: Standard Publishing Company, 1997). See: Matthew 16:18; Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 3:10; Ephesians 4:11-13; 1 Timothy 3:15 CHURCH, GROWTH OF Joke - Keep it simpleDate: 2/2006.101 2 Sept 2006 - YOC Camping - Luke 5:1-11 ~ Qualities of a Disciple Oct 2007 Germany Leipzig/Weimar - Luke 5:1-11 - Qualities of a disciple Joke Ordinary pens cannot be used in space because of the lack of gravity. So the US spent US$5 billion to invent a pen that could write in the space. Guess what the Russians did? They used a pencil. Sometimes the simple way is the way to do it and we oversee the obvious. Church - do not build big organizations, organize marketing events - keep it simple and dun miss the obvious. Teach the Bible and care for the flocks. Even witnessing - keep it simple. We do not have to use big terms, organize big events, have attractive reasons or have answers to everything - just share the gospel of Christ CHURCH, GROWTH OF Lobster Shell – ChangeDate: 10/2007.101 Fresh Illustrations for Preaching & Teaching - Leadership Journal - Ed Rowell P43 (Brent Mitchell) From time to time, lobsters have to leave their shells in order to grow. They need the shell in order to grow. They need the shell to protect them from being torn apart, yet when they grow, the old shell must be abandoned. If they did not abandon it, the old shell would soon become their prison - and finally their casket. The tricky part for the lobster is the brief period of time between when the old shell is discarded and the new one is formed. During that terribly vulnerable period, the transition must be scary to the lobster. Currents gleefully cartwheel them from coral to kelp. Hungry schools of fish are ready to make them a part of their food chain. For a while at least, that old shell must look pretty good. We are not so different from lobsters. To change and grow, we must sometimes shed our shells - a structure, a framework - we've depended on. Discipleship means being so committed to Christ that when he bids us to follow, we will change, risk, grow and leave our shells behind. CHURCH, LOVE FORPoem - It isn't the church - it's youDate: 6/2006.101 The Best Loved Poems of the American People P93 If you want to have the kind of church Like the kind of a church you like, You needn't slip your clothes in a grip And start on a long, long hike. You'll only find what you left behind, For there's nothing really new. It's a knock at yourself when you knock your church; It isn't the church - it's you. When everything seems to be going wrong, And trouble seems everywhere brewing; When prayer meeting, Young People's meeting and all, Seem simmering slowly - stewing, Just take a look at yourself and say, "What's the use of being blue?" Are you doing your "bit" to make things "hit"? It isn’t the church - it’s you. It's really strange sometimes, don’t you know, That things go as well as they do, When we think of the little - the very small mite - We add to the work of the few. We sit and stand round, and complain of what's done, And do very little but fuss. Are we bearing our share of the burdens to bear? It isn't the church - it's us. So, if you want to have the kind of a church Like the kind of a church you like, Put off your guile and put on your best smile, And hike. my brother, just hike, To work in hand that has to be done 0 The work of saving a few. It isn’t the church that is wrong, my boy; It isn’t the church - it's you.
Trust the Lord – HumorDate: 5/2007.101 Funny Stuff by Clyde Murdock (Humor) P173 - Empty Words A young man was asked to preach just before the morning service at a Bible conference. The regular speaker had not shown up for the service. This young man was scared to death. he wasn't prepared and didn't know what to say. he went to the bishop's tent and said, "What will I do? I have no sermon. What will I do?" The Bishop said, 'Trust in the Lord, Son, trust in the Lord." In desperation, he picked up the bishop's Bible and found a nice set of typewritten notes, so he took them and preached the bishop's sermon. Everyone was amazed. The people crowded him and told him what a great sermon it was. Then came the bishop, "Young man," he said, "you preached my sermon - the one I had prepared for tonight. What am I going to do tonight?" With much dignity, the young man replied, "Trust in the Lord, bishop, just trust the Lord."
The Treasures of the ChurchDate: 4/2007.101 Youth Specialties - Hot Illustrations The early church had a stormy relationship with the wicked and powerful Roman government. Cycles of severe persecution interrupted by tenuous peace recurred at the whim of the emperor. Roman officials, ignorant of the actual teachings and practices of true Christians, often acted out of bigotry, fear, superstition, or misinformation. The royal court assumed that the growing Christian church operated along the same lines as their own base and greedy religions. The emperor, coveting the wealth these Christians must surely possess, summoned their head bishop to the royal court and ordered him to produce the treasures of the church. The frustrated bishop protested that the church had no gold, jewels, or other valuables (which was indeed true at this point in history). The emperor, brushing aside the bishop's objection, demanded that the riches of the church be brought to him in the morning. The bishop left the royal presence quietly. The next day the bishop dutifully appeared at the palace doorway. He was empty handed. I told you to bring me the treasures of the church! the emperor raged. The bishop then invited the emperor to look out at the palace steps. Gathered together, peering sheepishly at the great doors of the royal palace rising above them, was a mass of ragged beggars, cripples, slaves and outcasts, These, said the bishop with a sweep of his arm, are the treasures of the church. For his unappreciated but accurate insight, the good bishop was promptly martyred. Where to Take It from Here... You are the treasure of the church. The church is not a building; it is not a doctrine; it is not a program. You are the church, the body of Christ. (1 Corinthians 12) Directory: cfs-filesystemfile.ashx -> key -> CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments -> General editors john baillie key -> Eternity! Eternity key -> Annotated Bibliography key -> [The first seventeen verses of Matthew consists of Jesus' family tree CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments -> A box of treasure by beverly carradine key -> The life and times — of — benjamin franklin, — by — joseph franklin, and key -> The flying inn key -> Abraham, or the Obedience of Faith CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments -> C cares, of the world Download 0.72 Mb. Share with your friends:
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